Pulled the trigger on the Samsung 55" LCD tv last week. Model: LN55B640
Best Buy - $1599

This will be a post of many setup notes as I hack on setting it all up.

XBox 360
Hooked it up today - I only have the component video cable for it. Do they make an HDMI cable for it? (proprietary connector on the 360 side)

TV doesn't have optical IN (only OUT to a receiver). Since I don't have a receiver yet, I'm using the (white/red) audio composite connectors on the hybrid component/composite 360 video cable to send audio to the TV. Didn't think this would work, but it does. Eventually, with a receiver, I'll hopefully go HDMI from 360 to receiver, then HDMI to the TV. (worst case, I can go component + optical audio from 360 to rcvr, then HDMI to TV)

For a while, was getting 720p on the TV, then finally remembered to set the 360 to output 1080p. SWEET. (Still seeing 60Hz on the tv info display, we looked it up and found that this is talking about the input side, not what the TV is outputting)

No lag in picture display, even in Game Mode OFF. Tried turning it ON and didn't notice a difference.

Time Warner HD DVR Cable Box
Motorola DCX3400
HDMI cable to the TV.

Controlling TV volume with the DVR remote. Use this site to find the code.
Turn on TV, on remote: TV mode, hold Setup button (blinks twice). Enter code: 0812 (blinks twice). Test by turning off the TV with the remote. Woot.

30-second advance
DVR remote doesn't have a button for this, but the functionality exists on the DVR. Just have to program a button on the remote.
Lucky - the same procedure that works on the old Motrola remote works for this one too.
See my previous post.

1. Press the "Cable" button at the top of the remote to put it into Cable Box control mode.
2. Press and hold the "Setup" button until the "Cable" button blinks twice.
3. Type in the code 994. The "Cable" button will blink twice.
4. Press (do not hold) the "Setup" button.
5. Type in the code 00173.
6. Press whatever button you want to map the 30-second skip command to (ex: ON DEMAND). The "Cable" button will blink twice if successful.

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